Although the Roland Juno was used heavily on Currents (almost all the sounds on the previously covered tracks), another important synth for the Currents sound is the Roland JV-1080, a digital rack-mounted synth that used samples to create a diverse range of sounds. I covered some of the sounds in Yes I’m Changing in my old Tame Impala articles, but here I’ll outline where almost all of the sounds come from. This means any delay and reverb on the track would also end up being reversed, which adds to the surreal vibe of the sound. To record the track, Kevin may have recorded it in reverse using the envelopes to control the filter, and then flipped the final recording back around. The track also has an extra LFO adding slow vibrato at points, and the Juno only has one LFO. The track was likely recorded on the Roland Juno-106, however, the Juno-106 doesn’t have a sawtooth LFO shape, only triangle. Finish the patch by turning on the Chorus II effect.
The filter opens and closes throughout the track, which can be achieved with automation or performed in real-time. In the LFO section, set trigger mode to ‘sync’, rate to 1/16 and shape to ‘saw’, which will create a rising modulation shape. Now we’ll use an LFO to create the filter movement that creates the ‘wah-wah’ sound. To create the patch, start by setting the sub-oscillator to 6, then set the filter frequency to halfway, resonance to 1, and mod amount to 2. Nangs was Tame Impala’s set-opener for many shows, and despite being a short, interlude-like track, it’s one of the most memorable moments on Currents. The main synth in Nangs can be recreated using TAL U-NO-LX, a software emulation of the Roland Juno-106 that Kevin Parker uses for recording. Lastly, if you’ve been following this blog since I put out the original Tame Impala Synth Sounds articles in early 2017, thank you for the support, encouragement and requests that have helped this site grow! I also made full playthrough videos for all three songs with the new-look TAL U-NO-LX, that now features an on-screen keyboard. I’ve covered the first two in previous articles, but the new patches are much more accurate and I’ve now recreated the entire songs. The article focuses on the tracks Nangs, Reality in Motion and Yes I’m Changing. The JV-1080 is more a of a 90s digital synth, capable of producing a variety of realistic patches. The Juno-106 is a typical 80s synths, with a lush, chorused sound. The main synths that Kevin Parker used on Currents are the Roland Juno-106 and the Roland JV-1080, two very different synths from different eras. In this article, I revisited a few of my favourite tracks from Currents and deconstructed both the synth sounds and the production techniques responsible for the the albums unique sound. Tame Impala are due to release their new album The Slow Rush this week, a much-anticipated follow-up to 2015’s Currents.
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